EWB CHALLENGE 2015-16:
REIGNITE ACTION
FOR DEVELOPMENT
UK and Ireland
outline document
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CONTENTS
Introduction to the EWB Challenge3
Goals and objectives of the EWB Challenge4
EWB Challenge design areas5
Submission requirements and programme rules
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Programme rules6
Submission requirements7
Checklist for student team submissions8
Key dates 8
EWB Challenge learning outcomes 9
EWB-UK’S community work10
EWB Challenge sponsors and supporters11
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ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT
For more detailed information on this
year’s EWB Challenge please head to
www.ewbchallenge.org
This document is intended for academics
delivering/students participating in the EWB
Challenge at their institutions in the UK and
Ireland. It summarises all the key information
about the initiative and indicates where more
information can be found.
The EWB Challenge is delivered in
partnership with academics at universities
around the world. Currently participating
countries include the United Kingdom, Ireland,
Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia.
If you have any additional questions or
comments, then please feel free to contact
Engineers Without Borders UK’s EWB
Challenge Manager – Daniel Craddock.
Engineers Without Borders UK facilitates the
EWB Challenge in the UK and Ireland and hosts
the UK and Ireland EWB Challenge National
Finals. Institutions wishing for their students
to be eligible for the EWB Challenge National
Finals must embed the EWB Challenge
within the first or second year curriculum of
undergraduate study (third year curriculum is
also allowed for Scottish Universities). More
details can be found in the ‘Programme Rules
& Submission Requirements’ section
Daniel Craddock
EWB Challenge Manager
Engineers Without Borders UK
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +44(0)203 752 5826
INTRODUCTION TO THE
EWB CHALLENGE
Teams entering the EWB Challenge National
Finals must submit their entry no later than
24th April 2016. At least one outstanding team
from each university will be invited to attend
the EWB Challenge National Finals where their
work will be reviewed by a multidisciplinary
panel of judges, there are additional ‘wildcard’
spaces for more outstanding teams from
the entire entry pool. More details can be
found in the ‘Programme Rules & Submission
Requirements’ section
The EWB Challenge is a team design
programme for primary year university
students resulting in a national inter-university
competition. It presents students with a
fantastic opportunity to design creative
solutions to real-world issues and in doing
so, grapple with the fundamentals of
design and the role of engineering in human
development. To date, student design ideas
have focused on communities in India,
Nepal, Cambodia, Australia, Vietnam,
Timor Leste and more. This academic
year (2015/16) students will be working on
projects developed with our partner Reignite
Action for Development and the community
members of Bambui in Cameroon.
The EWB Challenge National Finals 2016 will
be held on the 20th June 2016 at the Siemens
Crystal in London.
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GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF
THE EWB CHALLENGE
It is increasingly accepted that the next
generation will face global, environmental and
social challenges unseen by either their parents
or grandparents before them. Engineering
has a critical role to play in addressing these
challenges; challenges such as providing
clean drinking water to all, delivering adequate
sanitation to all and ensuring access to
sustainable energy for all.
The Engineers Without Borders international
movement is working towards a transformed
engineering sector so that every engineer has
the skills, knowledge, experience and attitude
to contribute towards sustainable community
development and address global challenges
such as poverty alleviation. Engineers Without
Borders UK is the organisation championing
this movement in the UK and specifically works
towards combatting these challenges by
educating and mobilising a new generation
of active, responsible global citizens. We want
all new engineers to be able to consider the
impact of engineering decisions on social,
environmental, economic and cultural contexts.
We refer to this as the idea of becoming a
globally responsible engineer.
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The EWB Challenge programme contributes
to these goals through engaging universities
to adapt their engineering curriculum and
help shape better future engineers. The key
programme outcomes are:
• Primary years engineering students are
aware of the role of engineering in human
development.
• Engineering students gain an increased
awareness of their individual responsibility
as global citizens and as future engineers.
• Engineering students can demonstrate
inclusion of contextual factors (‘the global
dimension’) in their engineering decision
making and understand how these factors
have affected their design ideas.
EWB CHALLENGE DESIGN AREAS
Design teams may wish to address a single
issue or provide an integrated solution
for two or more areas. Alternative projects
may also be considered. The EWB Challenge
is an open-ended learning experience and
the breath and depth of design is left to
individual universities and student teams
to scope within the context of submission
requirements. Further information on each of
the design areas can be found by accessing
the full design brief on the EWB Challenge
website: www.ewbchallenge.org.
EWB Challenge participants support the
work of Reignite Action for Development
in Bambui, Cameroon by providing ideas
for design and engineering solutions to
address the challenges highlighted in the
EWB Challenge design brief. The identified
problems are characterised into specific
design areas depending on the particular
project and we try to cater for all disciplines of
engineering. Students studying architecture,
urban planning, landscape architecture,
science, business and social science have all
participated in the past.
Design areas include but are not limited to;
Water supply
Sanitation and hygiene
Energy
Food transformation
Transport
Infrastructure and urban planning
Waste management
Climate change
ICT
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PROGRAMME RESPONSIBILITIES &
EWB CHALLENGE FINALS ELIGIBILITY
EWB-UK would also like to conduct a study
of the learning outcomes from the EWB
Challenge and ask that the HEI encourage
undergraduates to participate in this study; this
will be in the form of a pre- and post-project
questionnaire.
Programme responsibilities
The participating HEI is responsible for:
• I ncorporating the EWB Challenge into
appropriate curriculum
In return, EWB-UK is responsible for:
• I dentifying the principle contact name,
full HEI name and address, participating
module and total number of undergraduates
participating
• Upholding the aims of the EWB Challenge
and delivering the programme
• Delivering or facilitating the delivery of a
lecture/workshop to participating students,
outlining programme context and rules
• Promote the privacy of the community
partner and highlight the importance of
not contacting them directly; the use of
the online discussion forums should be
promoted where information cannot be
found in the design briefs or other online
materials
• Providing continuous support throughout
the duration of the EWB Challenge initiative
for students and the delivering academic,
including access to the partner community
through a mediated discussion forum
• P
roviding at least one lecture highlighting
the connection between engineering/
technology and global dimension issues to
the participating students
• A fair and transparent National Finals
selection and judging process
• Delivery of the EWB Challenge National
Finals
• W
here possible, obtaining the necessary
permissions to any third party content within
reports submitted for the EWB Challenge
Finals so that they can be published under
an open licence by EWB-UK. If permission
cannot be granted then ensuring that EWBUK are aware of this.
• Providing prizes for the winners and runnersup of the EWB Challenge 2016
• Communicate via the principal contact
opportunities for participating students
to undertake professional development
activities, including participation in
conferences and interaction with
professional engineers
• M
eeting the £1,250 (€1,750) participation
fee, which covers the entire HEI for the 20152016 academic year
• Publishing EWB Challenge Winners and
Runners-Up reports online using open
licences, where practical
• S
electing and submitting up to 5 student
reports from 1st or 2nd year (including 3rd
year in Scotland) for consideration for the
EWB Challenge National Finals
• P
roviding funding for transport and
accommodation costs for team(s) selected
from HEI to attend the EWB Challenge
National Finals. At least one team from each
participating HEI will be invited to attend the
EWB Challenge Finals
• Sharing student ideas with the community
partner, and supporting the community
partner where appropriate to bring student
ideas into practice
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ELIGIBILITY FOR THE EWB
CHALLENGE UK FINALS
Students will be expected to develop materials
for an exhibition stand which they will be
allocated at the EWB Challenge National
Finals, at a minimum EWB-UK would expect
students to produce a poster that details their
design for a stand. There will be no limit to
what students can include on their standsposters, prototypes, videos and models etc are
all acceptable. In 2016 EWB-UK will be inviting
a panel of judges to the exhibition alongside
a number of industry professionals and other
EWB-UK supporters to view the top student
design teams to make the event more public
facing and allow students the opportunity to
interact with industry professionals.
Teams will be eligible to enter into the EWB
Challenge National Finals 2015/16 on the
provision they:
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re enrolled in a first or second year higher
education course in the UK or Ireland. This is
with exception to Scottish universities where
it is also acceptable for third year student
teams to enter the EWB Challenge Finals
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ave participated in the EWB Challenge
2015/16 and upheld the responsibilities
outlined above
Students need to be prepared to answer
questions about their exhibited design as
judges will visit each stand setup by each
university. A number of the top teams will
be selected from this process who will then
be required to present their design in more
detail to all attendees and judges at the EWB
Challenge Finals. Once each selected team has
had the chance to present the judges will go
for further deliberations before announcing the
winner of the EWB Challenge 2016.
• H
ave been proposed by their HEI’s principal
contact as one of a maximum of five teams
from their HEI
• H
ave completed the online submission form
by the submission deadline (see timeline)
and provided their original project report for
reference
• H
ave ensured their report meets all of the
submission criteria as set out on the EWB
Challenge website
In summary, the minimum requirements for
student teams attending the EWB Challenge
Finals in 2016 will be the following –
All submissions for UK judging will be
judged against a common set of criteria and
guidelines. The report review criteria are
available on the website and provided directly
to academics.
• To produce a poster for an exhibition stand
explaining their team design
THE EWB CHALLENGE
NATIONAL FINALS
• To be prepared to answer questions from
roaming judges at the exhibition
The top ranked team at each participating
university will be invited to attend the EWB
Challenge National Finals. A number of
additional spaces will be offered to exceptional
teams, not ranked the best at their institution, at
the discretion of EWB-UK. These entries will be
known as ‘wild card’ entries.
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• To be prepared to deliver a presentation of no
more than 10 minutes detailing their design if
selected by the judges in the first round heat
CHECKLIST FOR STUDENT
TEAM SUBMISSIONS
• Outline the details of any external support
provided to the design team and clearly
identify and content that is not attributable
to the design team.
At a minimum, each student report
submission should:
Key considerations for students over the
course of the design process would include
the following (applicable to all design areas):
• C
ontain a coversheet downloadable from
the EWB Challenge website. Reports without
a coversheet will not be accepted for review.
• Alignment of proposed designs with the
cultural responsibilities and principles of
sustainable land management.
• S
ummarise the design addressing each of
the review criteria that will be used to assess
reports.
• Creation of economic and social
opportunities for locals to improve
livelihoods.
• R
eflect on students’ learning/experience
gained.
• Create centres of environmental education
and training in rural and hilltop areas to
support design proposals.
• I dentify the alternative options considered
during the design process and a justification
for why these were ultimately not selected,
focusing particularly on their relationship to
the local community and culture.
• Consider the capacity of the community to
maintain the equipment and build on their
existing community strengths.
• P
rovide details of the selected conceptual
design, analysis process and final design.
Design calculations or an explanation may
be included as an appendix or as supporting
material, appropriate to the level of team
experience.
• Take the necessary steps to protect and
preserve the existing natural environment,
and encourage traditional practices.
KEY DATES
• I dentify how the selected design is
appropriate to the social, environmental,
economic and cultural context of the local
community.
Key dates for the 2015-16 EWB Challenge
can be found in the table below.
• I dentify schedules and detailed design,
construction and maintenance costs
associated with implementation and
construction of the design.
Event
Date
Submission deadline for teams
completing in semester 1
6th March 2016
Semester 1 submission feedback
and national finals invitations sent
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rovide basic advice on the construction
and operation of the design.
28th March
2016
Submission deadline for teams
completing in semester 2
(Final deadline)
24th April 2016
Semester 2 submission feedback
and national finals invitations sent
20th May 2016
iscuss the ethics and long-term
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sustainability of the design. Provide
information regarding the maintenance
or ongoing engineering work that would
be required as a consequence of
implementing the design.
EWB Challenge National Finals 2016 20th June 2016
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Grand prize
TBC
Runners up prize
TBC
EWB CHALLENGE LEARNING
OUTCOMES
The EWB Challenge supports the integration
of authentic project-based work into
undergraduate courses with international
and domestic, social, cross-cultural and
sustainability dimensions. The programme
is designed to meet General and Specific
Learning outcomes for accredited engineering
programmes as specified by the Engineering
Council.
For a full list of outcomes supported, please
see the UKSPEC mapping document on the
EWB Challenge website.
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EWB-UK’S COMMUNITY WORK
Through participation in the EWB Challenge
programme, the community partner will receive
valuable engineering proposals that can be
further developed. These projects also provide
the community partner with the opportunity
to raise awareness about their community
and work and encourage EWB Challenge
participants to learn about the problems faced
by citizens of developing nations.
The EWB Challenge provides undergraduate
students with a unique learning opportunity
based on real world development projects.
The programme provides EWB’s partner
organisations with another pathway for
connecting with the global engineering and
design sector. It enables such partners to
source innovative and creative ideas and
conceptual designs for a broad range of
projects of interest to them.
EWB works collaboratively with our community
based partners to identify projects that
students can undertake as part of the EWB
Challenge. Student projects of interest to
EWB’s community partner are identified at the
completion of the year and students may have
the opportunity to be involved in the further
development of their design.
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EWB CHALLENGE SPONSORS
AND SUPPORTERS
The EWB Challenge has been sponsored by
the Anglo American Group Foundation in the
UK and Ireland since 2011. The Foundation is
funded by Anglo American plc, one of the world’s
largest mining companies. Anglo American
seeks to ensure that its impacts contribute to the
sustainable livelihoods in the communities in which
it operates and the Foundation was founded on
the same principles. By working with EWB-UK, the
Foundation contributes to improving livelihoods
in communities that EWB-UK operates in and also
helps to ensure that future generations of engineers
have an awareness of global issues and the role
they have to play within this. EWB-UK would like
to recognise the significant support given by the
Foundation without which the EWB Challenge
would not be possible in the UK and Ireland.
The EWB Challenge is supported by the
Engineering Professors’ Council and the
Engineering Council in the UK. Both organisations
provide support and guidance with the continuing
development of the EWB Challenge.
PROGRAMME SPONSOR
PROGRAMME SUPPORTERS
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